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Tina Romero’s ‘Queens Of The Dead’ Acquired By Independent Film Company & Shudder
Tina Romero's 'Queens of the Dead' has been acquired by Independent Film Company & Shudder for release in North American theaters this fall.
In Romero’s debut feature, co-written with comedian Erin Judge, on which we were first to report last July, a zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the night of a giant warehouse party, where an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty, scrolling undead. The film’s ensemble includes Katy O’Brian ( Love Lies Bleeding), Jaquel Spivey ( Mean Girls), Tomas Matos ( Fire Island), Nina West ( RuPaul’s Drag Race), Quincy Dunn-Baker ( No Hard Feelings), Jack Haven ( I Saw the TV Glow), Cheyenne Jackson ( American Horror Story), Dominique Jackson ( Pose), stand-up comic Margaret Cho, Riki Lindhome ( Knives Out), Eve Lindley ( Dispatches from Elsewhere), Becca Blackwell ( Survival of the Thickest), Shaunette Renée Wilson ( Black Panther), and NYC drag artist Julie J. Added Independent Film Company and Shudder’s Director of Acquisitions and Productions, Adam Koehler, who negotiated the deal, “We’re beyond thrilled to bring this wildly original vision to audiences—a fearless, glam-drenched ride that’s as funny as it is ferocious.
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